E/ECE/324/Rev.2/Add.120/Rev.2−E/ECE/TRANS/505/Rev.2/Add.120/Rev.2
12 November 2015
Agreement
Concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for
Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment and Parts which can be fitted and/or be
used on Wheeled Vehicles and the Conditions for Reciprocal
Recognition of Approvals Granted on the Basis of these Prescriptions 
(Revision 2, including the amendments which entered into force on 16 October 1995)
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Addendum 120: Regulation No. 121
Revision 2
Incorporating all valid text up to:
Supplement 5 to the original version of the Regulation - Date of entry into force: 28 October 2011
Supplement 6 to the original version of the Regulation - Date of entry into force: 26 July 2012
Supplement 7 to the original version of the Regulation - Date of entry into force: 18 November 2012
Supplement 8 to the original version of the Regulation - Date of entry into force: 15 July 2013
Corrigendum 1 to Supplement 7 to the original version of the Regulation - Date of entry into force: 13
November 2013
01 series of amendments to the Regulation - Date of entry into force: 15 June 2015
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to
the location and identification of hand controls, tell-tales and indicators
This document is meant purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legal binding texts
of the supplements are listed on the following page.
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UNITED NATIONS
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Former title of the Agreement: Agreement Concerning the Adoption of Uniform Conditions of
Approval and Reciprocal Recognition of Approval for Motor Vehicle Equipment and Parts, done at
Geneva on 20 March 1958.
The authentic and legal binding texts of the supplements are:
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ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2011/38;
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ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2011/112;
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ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2012/26;
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ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2012/94;
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ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2013/118;
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ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2012/30; and
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ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2012/30/Corr.1.
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Regulation No. 121
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with
regard to the location and identification of hand controls,
tell-tales and indicators
Contents
Page
Regulation
1.
Scope ................................................................................................................................................
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2.
Definitions ........................................................................................................................................
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3.
Application for approval ..................................................................................................................
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4.
Approval .........................................................................................................................................
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5.
Specifications ...................................................................................................................................
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6.
Modifications of the vehicle type or of any aspect of specification for controls, tell-tales
and indicators and extension of approval .........................................................................................
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7.
Conformity of production .................................................................................................................
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8.
Penalties for non-conformity of production .....................................................................................
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9.
Production definitively discontinued ................................................................................................
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10.
Names and addresses of Technical Services responsible for conducting approval tests and of Type
Approval Authorities ........................................................................................................................
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11.
Introductory provisions ....................................................................................................................
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12.
Transitional provisions .....................................................................................................................
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Communication ................................................................................................................................
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Arrangements of approval marks .....................................................................................................
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Annexes
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1.
Scope
This Regulation applies to vehicles of categories M and N.1 It specifies
requirements for the location, identification, colour, and illumination of
motor vehicle hand controls, tell-tales and indicators. It is designed to ensure
the accessibility and visibility of vehicle controls, tell-tales and indicators,
and to facilitate their selection under daylight and night-time conditions, in
order to reduce the safety hazards caused by the diversion of the driver's
attention from the driving task and by mistakes in selecting controls.
2.
Definitions
For the purpose of this Regulation:
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2.1.
"Control" means that hand-operated part of a device that enables the driver to
bring about a change in the state or functioning of a vehicle or vehicle’s
subsystem
2.2.
"Device" means an element or an assembly of elements used to perform one
or more functions.
2.3.
"Indicator" means a device that shows the magnitude of the physical
characteristics that the instrument is designed to sense.
2.4.
"Common space" means an area on which two or more information functions
(e.g. symbol) may be displayed but not simultaneously.
2.5.
"Tell-tale" means an optical signal that, when alight, indicates the actuation
or deactivation of a device, a correct or defective functioning or condition, or
a failure to function.2.6.
"Adjacent" means that no control, tell-tale,
indicator, or other potential source of distraction appears between the
identifying symbol and the tell-tale, indicator, or control which that symbol
identifies.
2.7.
"Manufacturer" means the person or body who is responsible to the approval
authority for all aspects of the type approval process and for ensuring
conformity of production. It is not essential that the person or body is directly
involved in all stages of the construction of the vehicle, system, component or
separate technical unit which is the subject of the approval process.
2.8.
"Vehicle type" means motor vehicles, which do not differ in respect of the
internal arrangements, which may affect the identification of symbols for
controls, tell-tales, and indicators and operation of controls.
2.9.
"Approval of a vehicle" means the approval of a vehicle type with regard to
the mode of installation, graphical design, legibility, colour, and brightness
of controls, tell-tales, and indicators.
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3.
Application for approval
3.1.
The application for approval of a vehicle type with regard to the specification
for controls, tell-tales and indicators shall be submitted by the manufacturer
or his duly accredited representative.
3.2.
It shall be accompanied by the following documents and particulars in
triplicate:
3.2.1.
A description of the vehicle type;
3.2.2.
A list of items specified by this Regulation in Table 1 and prescribed by the
manufacturer for the vehicle as controls, tell-tales or indicators;
3.2.3.
Graphical design of symbols identifying controls, tell-tales and indicators;
and
3.2.4.
Drawings and/or photographs showing the layout of controls and location of
tell-tales and indicators in the vehicle;
3.3.
A vehicle or representative part thereof fitted with a complete set of controls,
tell-tales and indicators, as prescribed in paragraph 3.2.2. above, representing
the vehicle type to be approved shall be submitted to the Technical Service
responsible for conducting approval evaluation.
4.
Approval
4.1.
If the vehicle type submitted for approval pursuant to this Regulation meets
the requirements of the Regulation, approval of that vehicle type shall be
granted.
4.2.
An approval number shall be assigned to each type approved. Its first two
digits (at present 01 corresponding to the 01 series of amendments) shall
indicate the series of amendments incorporating the most recent major
technical amendments made to the Regulation at the time of issue of the
approval. The same Contracting Party shall not assign this number to another
vehicle type or to the same vehicle type submitted with equipment not
specified in the list referred to in paragraph 3.2.2. above, subject to the
provisions of paragraph 6. of this Regulation.
4.3.
Notice of approval or of extension or refusal of approval or production
definitively discontinued of a vehicle type/part pursuant to this Regulation
shall be communicated to the Parties to the 1958 Agreement applying this
Regulation, by means of a form conforming to the model in Annex 1 to this
Regulation.
4.4.
An international approval mark shall be affixed, conspicuously and in a
readily accessible place specified on the approval form, to every vehicle
conforming to a vehicle type approved under this Regulation. Such
international approval mark shall consist of:
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4.4.1.
A circle surrounding the letter "E" followed by the distinguishing number of
the country which has granted approval; 2
4.4.2.
The number of this Regulation, followed by the letter "R", a dash and the
approval number to the right of the circle prescribed in paragraph 4.4.1.
4.5.
If the vehicle conforms to a vehicle type approved, under one or more other
Regulations annexed to the Agreement, in the country which has granted
approval under this Regulation, the symbol prescribed in paragraph 4.4.1.
need not be repeated; in such a case the Regulation and approval numbers
and the additional symbols of all the Regulations under which approval has
been granted in the country which has granted approval under this Regulation
shall be placed in vertical columns to the right of the symbol prescribed in
paragraph 4.4.1.
4.6.
The approval mark shall be clearly legible and be indelible.
4.7.
The approval mark shall be placed close to or on the vehicle data plate
affixed by the manufacturer.
4.8.
Annex 2 to this Regulation gives examples of arrangements of approval
marks.
5.
Specifications
A vehicle fitted with a control, a tell-tale or an indicator, listed in Table 1,
shall meet the prescribed requirements of this Regulation for the location,
identification, colour, and illumination of such control, tell-tale or indicator.
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5.1.
Location
5.1.1.
The controls to be used by a driver while driving the vehicle shall be located
so that they are operable by this driver under the conditions of
paragraph 5.6.2.
5.1.2.
The tell-tales and indicators, shall be located so that they are visible and
recognizable to a driver during night and day under the conditions of
paragraphs 5.6.1. and 5.6.2. Tell-tales and indicators need not be visible or
recognisable when not activated.
5.1.3.
The identifications of tell-tales, indicators and controls shall be placed on or
adjacent to the tell-tales, indicators and controls that they identify. In the
case of multifunction control, the identifications need not be immediately
adjacent. Nonetheless, they shall be as close as practicable to such
multifunction control.
5.1.4.
Notwithstanding paragraphs 5.1.1., 5.1.2. and 5.1.3. the tell-tale for
"passenger air bag off", if fitted, shall be located within the interior of the
vehicle and forward of and above the design H-point of both the driver's and
the front passenger(s)' seat in their forward most seating positions. The telltale which alerts front seat occupants that the passenger air bag is switched
The distinguishing numbers of the Contracting Parties to the 1958 Agreement are reproduced in
Annex 3 to the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3), document
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off shall be visible to the driver and front passenger(s) under all driving
conditions.
5.2.
Identification
5.2.1.
Where fitted, the controls, tell-tales and indicators, listed under the heading
column 3 of Table 1, shall be identified by symbols designated for them in
column 2 of Table 1. This requirement does not apply to the horn (an audible
warning signal) control, when it is activated by a narrow ring-type control or
by a lanyard. If a symbol is used for identifying a control, tell-tale or
indicator not listed in Table 1, it is recommended to use a symbol designated
for the purpose in standard ISO 2575:2004 where one exists and where that
symbol is suitable for the application concerned.
5.2.2.
To identify a control, a tell-tale or an indicator not included in Table 1
or ISO 2575:2004, the manufacturer may use a symbol of its own conception.
Such symbol may include internationally recognized alphabetic or numeric
indications. All symbols used shall follow the design principles laid down in
paragraph 4. of ISO 2575:2004.
5.2.3.
If necessary for clarity, supplementary symbols may be used in conjunction
with any symbol specified in Table 1 or ISO 2575:2004.
5.2.4.
Each additional or supplementary symbol used by the manufacturer shall not
cause confusion with any symbol specified in this Regulation.
5.2.5.
Where a control, an indicator or a tell-tale for the same function are
combined, one symbol may be used to identify such combination.
5.2.6.
Except as provided in paragraph 5.2.7., all identifications of tell-tales,
indicators and controls listed in Table 1 or ISO 2575:2004 shall appear to the
driver perceptually upright. In case of rotating control, this paragraph applies
to it when such control is in its "off" position.
5.2.7.
The identification of the following need not appear to the driver perceptually
upright:
5.2.7.1.
A horn control,
5.2.7.2.
Any control, tell-tale or indicator located on the steering wheel, when the
steering wheel is positioned for the motor vehicle to travel in other than a
straight forward direction, and
5.2.7.3.
Any rotating control that does not have an off position.
5.2.8.
Each control for the automatic vehicle speed system (cruise control) and each
control for heating and air conditioning system(s) shall have identification
provided for each function of each such system.
5.2.9.
When fitted each control that regulates a system function over a continuous
range shall have identification provided for the limits of the adjustment range
of any such function.
If colour coding is used to identify the limits of the adjustment range of a
temperature function, the hot limit shall be identified by the colour red and
the cold limit by the colour blue. If the status or limit of a function is shown
by an indicator separated from and not adjacent to the control for that
function, both the control and the indicator shall be independently identified
in compliance with paragraph 5.1.3.
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5.2.10.
Automatic functions may be indicated with the symbol relevant for the
corresponding item as referred to in column 1 of Table 1, with the
supplementary letter(s) "A" or "AUTO" positioned on or adjacent to its
outline.
5.3.
Illumination
5.3.1.
The identifications of controls for which the word "Yes" is indicated in
column 4 of Table 1 shall be capable of being illuminated whenever the
position lamps are activated. This does not apply to controls located on the
floor, floor console, steering wheel, or steering column, or in the area of
windscreen header, or to controls for a heating and air-conditioning system if
the system does not direct air directly upon the windscreen.
5.3.2.
The indicators and their identifications for which the word "Yes" is indicated
in column 4 of Table 1 shall be illuminated whenever the device which starts
and/or stops the engine is in a position which makes it possible for the engine
to operate and the position lamps are activated.
5.3.3.
The indicators, their identifications and the identifications of controls need
not be illuminated when the headlamps are being flashed or operated as
daytime running lamps.
5.3.4.
At the manufacturer's discretion any control, indicator or their identifications
may be capable of being illuminated at any time.
5.3.5.
A tell-tale shall not emit light except when identifying the malfunction or
vehicle condition for whose indication it is designed or during a bulb check.
5.3.6.
Brightness of Tell-Tale Illumination
Means shall be provided for making tell-tales and their identification visible
and recognisable to the driver under all driving conditions.
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5.4.
Colour
5.4.1.
Light of each tell-tale listed in Table 1 shall be of the colour shown in
column 5 of this table.
5.4.1.1.
Nevertheless if already fitted on the vehicle as specified in Table 1 with the
colour specification of column 5, each symbol with the footnote 18 may be
shown in other colours, in order to convey different meanings, according to
the general colour coding as proposed in paragraph 5. of standard
ISO 2575:2004.
5.4.2.
Indicators and tell-tales and identifications of indicators and controls not
listed in Table 1 may be of any colour chosen by the manufacturer, however,
such colour shall not interfere with or mask the identification of any tell-tale,
control, or indicator specified in Table 1. The colour to be selected shall
follow the guidelines specified in paragraph 5 of standard ISO 2575:2004.
5.4.3.
Each symbol used for identification of tell-tale, control or indicator shall
stand out clearly against the background.
5.4.4.
The dark part of any symbol may be replaced by its outline.
5.5.
Common Space for Displaying Multiple Information
5.5.1.
A common space may be used to show information from any source, subject
to the following requirements:
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5.5.1.1.
The tell-tales and indicators in the common space shall provide relevant
information at the initiation of any underlying condition.
5.5.1.2.
When the underlying condition exists for actuation of two or more tell-tales,
the information shall be either
5.5.1.2.1.
Repeated automatically in sequence, or
5.5.1.2.2.
Indicated by visible means and capable of being selected for viewing by the
driver under the conditions of paragraph 5.6.2.
5.5.1.3.
The tell-tales for the brake system malfunction, headlamp driving beam,
direction indicator and seat belt shall not be shown in the same common
space.
5.5.1.4.
If tell-tale for the brake system malfunction, headlamp driving beam,
direction indicator or seat belt is displayed in a common space it shall
displace any other symbol in such common space if the underlying condition
exists for its activation.
5.5.1.5.
With the exception of tell-tales for the brake system malfunction, headlamp
driving beam, direction indicator or seat belt, the information may be
cancellable automatically or by the driver.
5.5.1.6.
Unless prescribed in a specific Regulation, the colour requirements regarding
tell-tales do not apply when tell-tales appear in a common space.
5.6.
Conditions
5.6.1.
The driver has adapted to the ambient light conditions.
5.6.2.
The driver is restrained by the installed crash protection system, adjusted in
accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, and is free to move within
constraints of that system.
6.
Modifications of the vehicle type or of any aspect of
specification for controls, tell-tales and indicators
and extension of approval
6.1.
Every modification of the vehicle type, or of any aspect of specification for
controls, tell-tales and indicators, or of the list referred to in paragraph 3.2.2.
above, shall be notified to the Type Approval Authority which approved that
vehicle type. The Type Approval Authority may then either:
6.1.1.
Consider that the modifications made are unlikely to have an appreciable
adverse effect and that in any case the vehicle still meets the requirements; or
6.1.2.
Require a further evaluation report from the Technical Services responsible
for conducting the evaluation.
6.2.
Confirmation or refusal of approval, specifying the alterations, shall be
communicated by the procedure specified in paragraph 4.3. above to the
Parties to the Agreement applying this Regulation.
6.3.
The Type Approval Authority issuing the extension of approval shall assign a
series number to each communication form drawn up for such an extension
and inform thereof the other Parties to the 1958 Agreement applying this
Regulation by means of a communication form conforming to the model in
Annex 1 to this Regulation.
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7.
Conformity of production
The conformity of production procedures shall comply with those set out in
the Agreement, Appendix 2 (E/ECE/324-E/ECE/TRANS/505/Rev.2) with the
following requirements:
7.1.
A vehicle approved to this Regulation shall be so manufactured as to conform
to the type approved by meeting the requirements set forth in paragraph 5.
above.
7.2.
The authority which has granted type approval may at any time verify the
conformity control methods applied in each production facility. The normal
frequency of these verifications shall be once every two years.
8.
Penalties for non-conformity of production
8.1.
The approval granted in respect of a type of vehicle pursuant to this
Regulation may be withdrawn if the requirements are not complied with or if
a vehicle bearing the approval mark does not conform to the type approved.
8.2.
If a Party to the Agreement applying this Regulation withdraws an approval it
has previously granted, it shall forthwith so notify the other Contracting
Parties applying this Regulation by means of a communication form
conforming to the example in Annex 1 to this Regulation.
9.
Production definitively discontinued
If the holder of the approval completely ceases to manufacture a type of
vehicle approved in accordance with this Regulation, he shall inform the
authority, which granted the approval. Upon receiving the relevant
communication, that authority shall inform thereof the other Parties to the
Agreement applying this Regulation by means of a communication form
conforming to the example in Annex 1 to this Regulation.
10.
Names and addresses of Technical Services
responsible for conducting approval tests and of
Type Approval Authorities
The Contracting Parties to the 1958 Agreement applying this Regulation shall
communicate to the United Nations Secretariat the names and addresses of
the Technical Services responsible for conducting approval tests and of the
Type Approval Authorities which grant approval and to which forms
certifying approval or extension or refusal or withdrawal of approval, issued
in other countries, are to be sent.
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11.
Introductory provisions
11.1.
As from the date of entry into force of this Regulation, Contracting Parties
applying this Regulation shall not:
(a)
Refuse to grant ECE approval for a vehicle type under this Regulation,
(b)
Prohibit the sale or entry into service of a type of vehicle with regard
to the specification for controls, tell-tales and indicators,
if the vehicle type complies with the requirements of this Regulation.
11.2.
Until 2 years after entry into force of this Regulation, Contracting Parties
applying this Regulation shall not refuse to grant national approval of a
vehicle type with regard to the specification for controls, tell-tales and
indicators if the vehicle type does not comply with the requirements of this
Regulation.
12.
Transitional provisions
12.1.
As from the official date of entry into force of the 01 series of amendment to
this Regulation, no Contracting Party applying this Regulation shall refuse
national or regional type approval of a vehicle type approved to the 01 series
of amendment to this Regulation.
12.2.
Contracting Parties applying this Regulation shall not refuse to grant
extensions of approval according to the preceding series of amendments to
this Regulation.
12.3.
As from 24 months after the date of entry into force of the 01 series of
amendments, Contracting Parties applying this Regulation shall grant type
approvals only if the vehicle type to be approved meets the requirements of
this Regulation as amended by the 01 series of amendments.
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Table 1
Symbols, their illumination and colours
No.
1.
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Column 5
Item
Symbol 2
Function
Illumination
Colour
Control
No
Tell-tale 12
Yes
Control
No
Tell-tale
Yes
Green
Control
No
-
Tell-tale
Yes
Blue
Control
No
Control
No
Tell-tale
Yes
Control
Yes
Tell-tale 4
Yes
Control
No
Tell-tale
Yes
Control
No
Tell-tale
Yes
Yellow
Tell-tale
Yes
Yellow
Indicator
Yes
Tell-tale
Yes
Indicator
Yes
Tell-tale
Yes
Indicator
Yes
Tell-tale
Yes
Indicator
Yes
Control
Yes
Master lighting switch
1
Tell-tale may not act as the
tell-tale for the position (side)
lamps
2.
Headlamp passing beams
Green
1, 6, 13
3
Headlamp high beams
1, 13, 18
4.
Headlamp cleaning device
(with separate operating
control)
5.
Direction indicator
6.
13
1, 3
Hazard warning signal
Green
Red
1
7.
Front fog lamps
Green
1
8.
Rear fog lamp
1
9.
Fuel level
or
10.
18
Engine oil pressure
Red
5, 18
11.
12.
13.
12
Engine coolant temperature
Electrical charging
condition
Windscreen wiping system
(continuous)
5, 18
18
Red
Red
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14.
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Column 5
Item
Symbol 2
Function
Illumination
Colour
Control
No
Power window lock
or
15.
Windscreen washing system
Control
Yes
16.
Windscreen washing and
wiping system
Control
Yes
17.
Windscreen defrosting and
defogging system
(with separate operating
control)
Control
Yes
Tell-tale
Yes
Control
Yes
Tell-tale
Yes
Control
No
Tell-tale 12
Yes 6
Control
No
Tell-tale
Yes
Green
Tell-tale
Yes
Red
Tell-tale
Yes
Yellow and/or
Red
Tell-tale
Yes
Yellow and/or
Red
Tell-tale
Yes
Yellow
Tell-tale
Yes
See
Regulation
Nos. 13-H and
13 as
appropriate
18.
19.
20.
21.
Rear window defrosting and
defogging system
(with separate operating
control)
Position, side marker, and/or
end-outline marker lamps
1, 6
Parking lamps
Seat belt
Yellow
Yellow
Green
or
22.
Airbag malfunction
8
23.
Side airbag malfunction
7, 8
24.
Passenger air bag off
25.
Brake system malfunction
8
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No.
26.
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Column 5
Item
Symbol 2
Function
Illumination
Colour
Tell-tale
Yes
Yellow
Indicator
Yes
Tell-tale
Yes
Antilock brake system
malfunction
9
27.
Speedometer
km/h, if kilometres
are shown or mph, if
miles are shown
14
28.
Parking brake
9
See
Regulation
Nos. 13-H and
13 as
appropriate
29.
Horn
Control
No
30.
Engine on-board diagnostics
or engine malfunction
Tell-tale
Yes
Yellow
31.
Diesel pre-heat
Tell-tale
Yes
Yellow
32.
Choke (cold starting device)
Control
No
Tell-tale
33.
Air Conditioning System
Yellow
Control
Yes
Indicator
Yes
Control
No
Control
Yes
Tell-tale
Yes
or A/C
34.
35.
Automatic
transmission
control
position
(park)
(reverse)
(neutral)
(drive)
P R N D 10
Engine start
11, 19
36.
Engine stop
11, 19
37.
14
Brake lining wear-out
condition
9
38.
Heating system
Control
Yes
39.
Heating and/or air
conditioning fan
Control
Yes
1
Yellow
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40.
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Column 5
Item
Symbol 2
Function
Illumination
Colour
Headlamp levelling
Control
No
Indicator
Yes
Tell-tale
Yes
Yellow
Tell-tale
Yes
Yellow
Tell-tale
Yes
Yellow
Control
Yes
Tell-tale
Yes
or
and
and
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41.
Odometer
km, if kilometres
are shown or miles,
if miles are shown
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42a.
Low tyre pressure
(including malfunction)
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42b.
Low tyre pressure
(including malfunction)
that identifies affected tyre
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43.
Electronic stability control
or ESC
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44.
Electronic stability control
system "OFF"
Yellow
or ESC OFF
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Framed areas of the symbol may be solid.
The symbols included in this Regulation are substantially identical to symbols described in
ISO 2575:2004. Proportional dimensional characteristics specified in ISO 2575:2004 shall be
maintained.
The pair of arrows is a single symbol. When the controls or tell-tales for left and right turn
operate independently, however, the two arrows may be considered separate symbols and be
spaced accordingly.
Not required when arrows of turn signal tell-tales that otherwise operate independently flash
simultaneously as hazard warning tell-tale.
Combination of the engine oil pressure symbol and the engine coolant temperature symbol in a
single tell-tale is permitted.
Separate identification not required if function is combined with master lighting switch.
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If a single tell-tale is used to indicate an airbag malfunction, the airbag malfunction symbol (22)
shall be used.
Contracting Parties which, at the date of coming into force of this Regulation, allowed or
required the use of text for this function may, until sixty months after the date of coming into
force of this Regulation, continue to allow or require the text in addition to the prescribed
symbols for vehicles to be registered in their country.
If a single tell-tale is used to indicate more than one brake system condition, the brake system
malfunction symbol shall be used.
Letter "D" may be replaced or supplemented by other alphanumeric character(s) or symbol(s)
chosen by the manufacturer to indicate additional selection modes..
Use when engine control is separate from the key locking system.
Not required if instrument panel lights are lit automatically on activation of the master lighting
switch.
Symbols employing five lines instead of four (and vice versa) may also be used.
The required text identification can be displayed in uppercase and/or lowercase letters.
The required text identification shall be displayed in lowercase letters. If miles are shown, an
abbreviation may be used.
Additionally, either of the low tyre pressure tell-tales may be used to indicate a tyre pressure
monitoring system (TPMS) malfunction.
The vehicle outline shown is not intended to be restrictive, but is the recommended outline.
Alternative vehicle outlines may be used in order to better represent the actual outline of a given
vehicle.
Symbol may be shown in other colours than specified in column 5 in order to convey different
meanings according to the general colour coding as proposed in paragraph 5 of ISO 2575-2004.
The functions "start" and "stop" may be combined in one control. As an alternative to the
prescribed symbol(s) it is allowed to use the text "START" and/or "STOP" or a combination of
symbols and text. Text can be displayed in uppercase and/or lowercase letters.
The supplementary letters "OFF" may be positioned on or adjacent to the outline of the symbol
of item No. 43. The font of the letters "OFF" or "ESC OFF" is not intended to be restrictive
(Note: the letters "OFF" and "ESC OFF" shall be kept in English and shall not be translated).
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Annex 1
Communication
(Maximum format: A4 (210 x 297 mm))
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Concerning:2
Issued by: Name of administration:
.....................................
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Approval granted
Approval extended
Approval refused
Approval withdrawn
Production definitively discontinued
of a type of vehicle with regard to the location and identification of motor vehicle hand
controls, tell-tales and indicators, pursuant to Regulation No. 121.
Approval No. ...........
Extension No. .........
1.
Trade name or mark of the vehicle: .............................................................................
2.
Manufacturer's name for the type of vehicle: ................................................................
3.
Manufacturer's name and address: ................................................................................
4.
If applicable, name and address of the manufacturer's representative:
......................................................................................................................................
5.
Submitted for approval on: ...........................................................................................
6.
Technical Service responsible for conducting approval tests:
......................................................................................................................................
7.
Date of test report: ........................................................................................................
8.
Number of test report: ...................................................................................................
9.
Concise description: ......................................................................................................
Hand controls, tell-tales and indicators on the vehicle:
Conformance:
9.1.
yes/no2
9.2.
yes/no2
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yes/no2
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Distinguishing number of the country which has granted, extended, refused or withdrawn approval
(see approval provisions in the Regulation).
Strike out what does not apply.
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Comments
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11.
Position of the approval mark: ......................................................................................
12.
Reason(s) for extension (if applicable): ........................................................................
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Approval granted/extended/refused/withdrawn2 ...........................................................
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Place:.............................................................................................................................
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Date: ..............................................................................................................................
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Signature: ......................................................................................................................
17.
The following documents, bearing the approval number shown above, are available
on request: .....................................................................................................................
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Annex 2
Arrangements of approval marks
Model A
(See paragraph 4.4. of this Regulation)
a = 8 mm min.
The above approval mark affixed to a vehicle shows that the vehicle type concerned
has, with regard to the location and identification of hand controls, tell-tales and indicators,
been approved in the Netherlands (E 4) pursuant to Regulation No. 121 under the approval
No. 011234. The first two digits (01) of the approval number indicated that the approval
was granted in accordance with the requirements of Regulation No. 121 as amended by the
01 series of amendments.
Model B
(See paragraph 4.5. of this Regulation)
a = 8 mm min.
The above approval mark affixed to a vehicle shows that the vehicle type concerned
has been approved in the Netherlands (E 4) pursuant to Regulation No. 121 and Regulation
No. 33.1 The approval number indicates that, at the dates when the respective approvals
were granted in accordance with Regulation No. 121 as amended by the 01 series of
amendments and with Regulation No. 33 which was still in its original form.
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The number is given merely as an example.
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